"I guess you knew cuz I haven't been nasty to you for a while," Phelan said.

"Still, Victor more than made up for that. I hope that you know that I wanted you to fight that battle by yourself for a good reason; normally, I would stand up for you and so would Felina. I stopped her tho, cuz you wanted to be independant."

Shiki continued to kiss him, his one hand goes back to stroking his hair, the other scratching.

Kioren snorted, "How do you think we came around? Father goes up to a woman that he finds to be a potential candidate to become an incubator. He talks to them and tells them the situation. If they agree, he tells them the guidelines of what he will do and he'll take the child once they are born. He will allow them to visit, but under any circumstances will they take the child."